Category: Press Releases
Mother Teresa Canonized as a Saint in Special Mass Offered by His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican
September 06: The National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), a rights based organization of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, highly appreciates the canonization of Mother Teresa as a Saint by His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sunday, September 4, 2016. St. Teresa of Calcutta died in 1997 at the age of 87. During her […]
جنوبی ایشیائی ریاستوں کو جبری گمشدگی کو جرم قرار دیناچاہیے
پریس ریلیز لاہور 30اگست، 2016 عالمی کمیشن برائے ماہرین قانون (آئی سی جے) اور پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے جبری گمشدگی کے متاثرین کے عالمی دن پر ایک کانفرنس منعقد کی جس میں بنگلہ دیش، ہندوستان، نیپال، پاکستان اور سری لنکا سے وکلاء اور کارکنوں نے شرکت کی جن کا […]
South Asian States must criminalize enforced disappearances
30 August 2016: Large-scale enforced disappearances in South Asia can only be addressed if all the region’s governments immediately criminalize this serious human rights violation, said lawyers and activists from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka during a Conference on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, organized by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Human […]
کوئٹہ کی قانونی برادری کو لاحق خطرات کا ازالہ کیا جائے
پریس ریلیز لاہور 11اگست، 2016 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے جمعرات کو کوئٹہ میں ہونے والے بم دھماکے پر شدید تشویش کا اظہار کیا ہے جس میں وفاقی شرعی عدالت کے ایک جج کو نشانہ بنانے کی کوشش کی گئی۔ کمیشن نے ججوں اور وکلاء کے تحفظ کو یقینی بنانے […]
HRCP for promptly addressing threats to legal community in Quetta
Lahore, August 11: The HRCP has voiced grave concern over a bomb blast in Quetta on Thursdaythat sought to target a judge of the Federal Shariat Court. It has demanded prompt action to ensure protection for lawyer and judges. In a statement, the Commission said: “It is difficult not to see the explosion in Quetta […]
ایچ آر سی پی کی کوئٹہ سانحے کی مذمت، حکومت سے شہریوں کے تحفظ کا مطالبہ
پریس ریلیز لاہور 08اگست، 2016 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق نے پیر کو کوِئٹہ میں وکلاء کے خلاف دو حملوں کی شدید مذمت کی ہے۔ جن میں کم ازکم 53 افراد جاں بحق ہوئے۔ کمیشن نے حکومت کی جانب سے شہریوں کے تحفظ کے لیے دہشت گردی اور منظم جرائم کے انسداد کے لیے موثر […]
HRCP slams Quetta massacre, says citizens’ lives must be protected
Lahore, August 8: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned two attacks targeting lawyers in Quetta on Monday in which at least 53 people have been killed. It has also slammed the authorities’ inability to protect citizens through effective counter-terrorism measures. In a statement, the Commission said: “HRCP condemns in the strongest possible terms […]
HRCP calls for recovery of missing social activist
Lahore, August 6: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over the suspected enforced disappearance of social activist Abdul Wahid Baloch who he was travelling from Mirpurkhas to Karachi on July 26. A statement issued by the Commission on Saturday said: “HRCP is alarmed over the reported enforced disappearance of social activist Abdul Wahid […]
SAARC ministers reminded of human rights tasks
Lahore, August 03: South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, draws the attention of the Home Ministers of the SAARC countries gathered in Islamabad, Pakistan, to serious issues that threaten the promotion of human rights, democracy and peace in the region. Human rights defenders across South Asia continue to […]
Seeking support to prevent PECB from becoming a law in its present form
Dear friends, Through this communication, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) wants to bring to your attention the collective view of civil society organizations, on concerns regarding the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) 2016, as articulated in a consultation in Islamabad on July 25, 2016 as well as earlier deliberations. I write to […]
